Blue Jays fans celebrate as team advances to ALCS
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Toronto fans erupted in jubilation Wednesday night after watching the Blue Jays advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016.
TORONTO – Toronto fans erupted in jubilation Wednesday night after watching the Blue Jays advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016.
The Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 5-2 at Yankee Stadium in Game 4 to clinch the best-of-five AL Division Series victory.
With the Jays holding just a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning, Nathan Lukes hit a two-run single to break the game open before Myles Straw batted in Toronto’s final run in the eighth.
Fans filled the streets downtown, and many Toronto Maple Leafs fans also made their way to the nearest sports bar they could find to watch the Blue Jays close out the win.
The Leafs played the end of the Blue Jays game on the Scotiabank Arena big screen well after the buzzer sounded on their 5-2 season-opening win over the Montreal Canadiens.
“Very exciting, got a long road ahead of us,” Jake Eppel said outside Scotiabank Arena. “I was just at the Leafs game, I left with five minutes left, went to Real Sports, watched the most important Toronto team going on right now.
“I think we did well with our pitching, (manager John) Schneider played the bullpen, he played it well. And you know what, I’ll say it: Yankees and Montreal, worst two fan bases, we don’t like them. It’s like Ottawa, we don’t like them. Go Blue Jays.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney also congratulated the Blue Jays on X, formerly known as Twitter.
